The Wild Hunt has stalked the folklore of Britain and the wider world for centuries, while a ghostly gallery of lone huntsmen continue to haunt the fields and hedgerows. ​ From prehistory to the modern age, Hugh Williams follows the ride of the Wild Hunt to the Midlands of England where amid its history, traditions and landscape a host of spectral hunters emerge. ​ Perhaps the most infamous supernatural hunter of them all is investigated in depth and, using an evidence-based

The Roaches is a gritstone ridge that spans across 10 miles of the Staffordshire Moorlands, its name simply a development of the French...

I recently had a great chat with Martin Vaux of the Three Ravens Podcast, a wonderful resource and hub of all things folklore, strange...

While in Portugal earlier this year I was very privileged to be granted access to an intact Neolithic barrowwith a full set of...

A real hidden gem in Gloucestershire, the Church of the Holy Rood is on the edge of Daglingworth near Cirencester. The church was first...

The shrine of St Thomas de Cantelupe stands in a transept of Hereford Cathedral. A sliver of bone from his remains is housed within a...

Much Marcle is a fascinating village that lies within the old borderlands between England and Wales, it's name quite literally meaning...

This mysterious dark boulder stands on a concrete base on the edge of a Birmingham cemetery - what on earth is it? It is the War Stone....

Kinnersley castle is a late Elizabethan mansion that stands off the road between Weobley and Eardisley in Herefordshire. It began its...

Witch marks inside a baptismal font? Yes, definitely, here at Lower Quinton in Warwickshire. Ritual protection markings, or "witch marks"...

Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, passed away in the June of 918. Her nephew Aethelstan, future king of all England, looks up at her....

Who, or what, is the Green Man? Why does this bizarre face leer out at us from so many church arches and ceilings, and why does this...

I've just finished filming as a guest on the second series of the TV show Weird Britain! You can see series 1 now on Blaze TV on Freesat...

A lot of places around the world claim the name "Lover's Leap", and here's one of the prime contenders. This cliff overlooks the...

A witch prepares for take-off astride her broom, with an imp-like familiar riding behind her. This is a misericord inside Great Malvern...

The Mug House is a pub that serves the village of Claines just outside the city of Worcester. It is one of just two pubs in all of...

Now here's someone who looks like he's carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders. This amazing font has stood inside the Church...

This huge old oak tree is known as the Temple Oak, and it stands - just about - near Droitwich in Worcestershire. Its name derives from...

A very interesting but ultimately sad relic lies in a Wiltshire churchyard. The Church of Mary Magdalene in Winterbourne Monkton has a...

The twisted spire of the Church of St Mary and All Saints is a familiar site for visitors to the town of Chesterfield. How did it end up...